Want to work at Vincents? Nau mai haere mai!
Are you an artist who enjoys helping people discover their creativity? Join a welcoming, inclusive community where your artistic skills can inspire and empower others.
We are currently looking for an art tutor to work on a casual / relieving basis in our vibrant community art space in central Wellington.
Vincents Art Workshop Te Whare Mahi Toi is an award-winning, inclusive creative space that has been ‘Changing Lives Through Art’ since 1985. As a relieving tutor, you will help create a safe, welcoming and inspiring environment for our regular artists, support people to explore their creativity, and warmly welcome newcomers to our whare.
We are looking for someone with skills in a range of art media. Knowledge of ceramics and previous experience in the creative spaces sector would be an advantage.
To apply, please contact our administrator, Sarah Morris, at vincentsartworkshop@xtra.co.nz by 5pm on Friday 2 October. You will be invited to apply by sending your CV, portfolio, and a covering letter that responds to the job description.
Changing Lives Through Art
Vincents Art Workshop is an essential social service set up in 1985 in response to Government policies of deinstitutionalisation from psychiatric hospitals. It is the oldest Creative Space in New Zealand. It is a community based initiative providing access to arts and craft facilities, skilled tuition, and materials within a supportive environment. All people are welcome and it is free.
People with disabilities, those moving into the community from institutions, the unemployed, people on low incomes and anyone at all from the wider community are welcome! An average of 30 people use the workshop every day, and all work together to make Vincents an exciting and creative place to be. Vincents has a philosophy of inclusion.
Through the creation of a positive and supportive environment many people have found their involvement in Vincents to be therapeutic. Vincents offers a unique model that uses the creative process to help resolve the internal conflicts a person may be experiencing, enabling the development of self-esteem and individual potential.
We provide an art space, art materials and equipment, together with a high standard of art and craft tuition - and, importantly, supportive structured studio spaces with skilled tuition in particular techniques or mediums.